With Buckingham Palace apparently determined to handle the couple’s allegations of racism within the royal family “privately”, more public recriminations are happening in British media following TV host Piers Morgan’s decision to quit his job on Good Morning Britain.
Morgan, whose left after network executives pressed him to apologise for his vociferous criticism of Meghan, was defiant as he spoke outside his home in London today.
Meanwhile, his former co-host Susanna Reid began this morning’s edition of GMB by addressing the controversy.
Read on for all the details, and the latest updates.
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A defiant Piers Morgan has spoken outside his home in London. The now ex-TV host stood by his comments about Meghan Markle and his refusal to apologise for them, which led to what he called an "amicable" split with ITV.
Earlier Susanna Reid, Morgan's former co-host on Good Morning Britain, opened this morning's show by addressing the controversy.
“A number of people will know the news and many of you will not and will be surprised that Piers Morgan is not here this morning," she said.
"Now, Piers and I have disagreed on many things, and that dynamic was one the things that viewers loved about the program.
“He is, without doubt, an outspoken, challenging, opinionated, disruptive broadcaster. He has many critics and he has many fans.
“You all know that I disagreed with him about Meghan’s interview, he himself clarified his comments about her mental health on the show yesterday.
“There are many voices on GMB, and everyone has their say. But now Piers has decided to leave the program. Some of you may cheer and others will boo.
“It is certainly going to be very different. But shows go on, and so on we go.”
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js‘Shows go on and so on we go.’
‘He has been a voice for many of you and a voice that many of you have railed against.’@susannareid100 speaks about Piers’ resignation from GMB. pic.twitter.com/sVTcKMwx8N
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) March 10, 2021
The Sun has a touch more detail on the complaint Meghan Markle made to ITV before host Piers Morgan quit Good Morning Britain.
The complaint came after Morgan slammed Meghan's interview with Oprah, saying he didn't believe a word she said.
Apparently, the Duchess's concern "was not about the personal attacks on the validity of her racism allegation made against the royal family, or her claims she was not supported by the institution when experiencing suicidal thoughts".
Rather, her complaint focused on "how Morgan's comments may affect the issue of mental health generally and those attempting to deal with their own problems".
Morgan left after defying pressure from the network to apologise for his remarks.
The media hounding of Meghan shows more needs to be done on press bullying, a UK MP has told The Guardian.
Holly Lynch coordinated a letter from 70 women MP's across the political divide in October 2019 condemning the UK media's treatment of Meghan, which criticised the “often distasteful and misleading” stories. Meghan phoned Ms Lynch after she sent the letter.
Ms Lynch said she shared Harry's concerns about "history repeating itself" and felt media outlets had not listened to warnings that MPs would not tolerate the onslaught of negative coverage.
“Those were some of my concerns when we took the decision to put that letter together,” Lynch told the Guardian. “A lot of media outlets have not heeded those calls for a change, which is why we might start needing to think about a case to government about how we stop hounding women in public life and put them in a position where they feel suicidal.”
Harry told Oprah that he received more support from unknown MPs than from his own family.
“I guess one of the most telling parts, and the saddest parts, was over 70 … female members of parliament, both Conservative and Labour, came out and called out the colonial undertones of articles and headlines written about Meghan,” he said. “Yet no one from my family ever said anything over those three years. And that hurts.”
You can't keep the man down.
Despite the controversial host departing Good Morning Britain abruptly after six years on the show, Piers is still happy to brag about going out on a ratings high.
He's just tweeted this.
The Queen will personally quiz senior royals about Meghan and Harry's damaging racism claims, according to The Sun.
The investigation will draw in all the bigs names including William, Kate, Charles and Camilla to establish what happened. It's been reported that the Queen has already held several Zoom calls with Harry and Meghan and more are expected in the coming weeks.
Both Charles and William are "deeply upset" that there are questions surrounding whether they made the alleged racist remarks, according to a palace source.
Another source also claimed that Prince Charles has insisted he had not been racist towards the couple and felt let down by their allegations.
“The Prince is proud of the diversity of this country and believes the diversity of Britain’s modern society is its greatest strength," the source said.
“He wholeheartedly believes that our country owes a huge debt of gratitude to the rich diversity of cultures that make up our society and going forward is at the heart of what we can be as a nation.
"He truly believes the diversity of our society gives us so much to celebrate.”
The royal family is also said to be worried that the couple could name and shame the person who allegedly commented on the colour of Archie's skin before he was born. Harry refused to reveal which member of the family was behind the comments in the Oprah interview.
“That conversation I’m never going to share, but at the time it was awkward. I was a bit shocked," he said.
A senior royal source told The Sun that Palace aides would also be looking into Meghan’s claims she asked for mental health support but was refused it.
“One of the things that will be looked at is why on earth did Meghan go to the Palace HR department for help and not to senior members of the Family," the source said.
“They have medical households full of medical experts that could have helped with everything.”
Before Piers Morgan sensationally quit on air, there are reports that Meghan may have made a formal complaint to the British tv network, ITV, which shows Good Morning Britain.
It has been claimed he might have been confronted by television chiefs after the broadcaster was contacted by Meghan, reports The Sun.
ITV refused to deny the reports in a statement. A spokesperson told the Telegraph: “ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add."
ITV bought the rights to the Oprah interview for a rumoured £1million.
Piers Morgan, who today quit his post on Good Morning Britain after being called out over his incessant criticism of Meghan Markle, has taken to Twitter to declare he stands by his comments.
"On Monday, I said I didn't believe Meghan Markle in her Oprah interview," he wrote.
"I've had time to reflect on this opinion, and I still don't. If you did, OK.
"Freedom of speech is a hill I'm happy to die on. Thanks for all the love, and hate. I'm off to spend more time with my opinions."
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsOn Monday, I said I didn’t believe Meghan Markle in her Oprah interview. I’ve had time to reflect on this opinion, and I still don’t. If you did, OK. Freedom of speech is a hill I’m happy to die on. Thanks for all the love, and hate. I’m off to spend more time with my opinions. pic.twitter.com/bv6zpz4Roe
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 10, 2021
Former Buckingham Palace press secretaries have weighed in on what the Queen's statement about Meghan and Harry means for the future of the royal family.
In a 60-word statement released by the palace this morning, the monarch said that "Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved family members", adding "the issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning".
Picture: John Stillwell/AFP
While short (in comparison to the Sussexes' hours-long tell-all), the Queen's message was straightforward, an article in Vanity Fair declared, "and made it clear that the Queen plans to deal with what has become one of the biggest crises of her reign in private, despite an impassioned response that has extended even to some British political leaders".
Sources told the publication that the statement "is designed to try and put out the flames following the couple's dynamite interview".
"They've taken it in house and they'll deal with it," Dickie Arbiter, who worked as the palace's press secretary in the 1990s, said.
"They won't shove it under the carpet. These are serious allegations and it will have been all hands on deck. I expect palace aides will have gone over the interview again and discussed it in detail before issuing the statement."
Now that it's been issued, he said, the royal family will be keen to get back to work.
"It will be business as usual. If they cower behind the sofa that would have guilt written all over it. If there is no misdemeanour, you're out there, facing the public."
Australia could be on the brink of cutting our ties to England for once and for all – and an overlooked sentence from Meghan’s explosive Oprah interview could end up being the catalyst.
In 1999, the Australian republic referendum famously failed to achieve independence, with 54.87 per cent of Australians voting to keep the Windsors in charge of the nation.
Picture: Screengrab
But recently the mood has shifted, with a 2020 YouGov poll finding 62 per cent of us now want Australia’s head of state to be an Australian.
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean is also behind a fresh push, with The Daily Telegraph reporting he had approached former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Paul Keating as well as former NSW premier Bob Carr to speak at a fundraiser for the cause.
While Mr Kean’s actions came before Prince Harry and Meghan made serious allegations against the royal family during Monday’s tell-all, he told the publication the shocking interview had given the republic movement new momentum.
The world waited two days for a Palace response to Harry and Meghan's two-hour interview – and when it arrived, it was just four sentences long:
The Queen made a big mistake, writes news.com.au's royal commentator Daniela Elser in a new opinion piece.
"Issuing such a short, ‘nothing to see here’ statement is an egregious miscalculation on the parts of Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and Clarence House, all of whom were reportedly involved in drafting this flub of a document," Elser writes.
And one word in word particularly rankles: "Privately."
"This is Windsor business you see, the statement seems to suggest, so off you pop," says Elser, calling it a "a fatal miscalculation."
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